Cardiff City will play in the Championship next season after a 3-0 defeat at Newcastle confirmed their relegation from the Premier League

Even more from Solskjaer who has now been in to see the written press: "I have to face the facts. I'm not one to hide, I face things head on and I knew what I was coming into.

"I didn't make the impact I hoped for and believed I could, but that's something for me to chew on for a little while.

"The realisation we're down is very, very disappointing. It's probably the hardest moment in many of those players' careers - and mine as well.

"But I'm a warrior, might not look like it, but I've had time in football carer that were very disappointing and you've just got to stand up and fight for yourself. I've never given up in my career.

"It's never nice to be relegated but we've got to show we can bounce back up. The club has been at the top of the Championship for the four seasons before this one, a club used to be challenging at the top and we have to take advantage of that experience and use this one to learn lessons."

Asked about when meetings with the Malaysian owner Vincent Tan were planned for, Solskjaer said: "When it happens it will be between us, but it will be as soon as.

"Because as soon as we can get plans agreed then we can move quicker with whatever decisions we need to make."

But he added: "This is not a time to reflect on a whole season. When a team is bottom of the league there are many things that have gone against you and many things we have not managed to put in our favour, on and off the pitch.

"But that needs a bigger evaluation than sat here just after being relegated."

6.36pm

More from Solskjaer and interesting stuff. Asked if it is his desire to remain at Cardiff for the push back to the Premier League he says:

"Definitely. That's my job. I'm the manager of Cardiff City Football Club and I'm not to lay down and feel sorry for myself.

"We're going to go into the next game showing some professional pride, put a good effort in, good performance and then we'll plan for next season."

6.36pm

More from Solskjaer...

On the 3-0 score line he says: "It should have been the other way. That's just the story of today. We created an unbelievable amount of big chances; just didn't take them.

"That's the most important thing in football: you need to take chances when you get them.

"We've had not many injured players and ill players this season. Sometimes it has got to catch up. It was an important game. We performed well enough. We just didn't take the chances."

On the fans: "We heard them and that was a lot of the team talk today. Our jobs make such a difference to many people's lives. If we could give them something to cheer on the way back...they are unbelievable. We will go to the stadium next week, give them a good game and then bounce back up again next year."

6.26pm

Where do the Bluebirds go from here? It looks likely there will be upheaval in the summer among the playing squad at the very least . And will Ole Gunnar Solskjaer be at the helm in August? Will promotion straight back to the Premier League be the target.

So many imponderables that will become clear in the coming weeks and months.

6.23pm

Our man Steve Tucker was at St James' Park today. Here is what he made of it in the moments after the final whistle...

Alan Pardew has spoken after today's game, saying he feels for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: "I feel for Ole because he's had a baptism of fire in the Premier League but he's a talented indvidual and a great personality.

"He'll be stronger for this - he won't think that tomorrow or for the next few weeks but later in his career he'll look back to this day and say he learned some lessons from the period he's had."

6.07pm

Cardiff City down. Vincent Tan should never have dismissed Malky Mackay. #bluebirds fans deserve better than this rash, callous owner

Before the game, OGS said he'd only ever been relegated with his local side in Norway, before playing football as a professional even entered his mind. Here is what he looked like at the final whistle...

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5.46pm

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5.36pm

Solskjaer on relegation: "The realisation that we're down is one of the most bitter disappointments of both mine and many of the players careers"

5:26 pm

Steve Tucker

Quotes coming through from Solskjaer's post-match press conference...

"The realisation that we're down is one of the most bitter disappointments of both mine and many of the players careers."

5:24 pm

Steve Tucker

Here's the match report from a disastrous day....

Cardiff City have been relegated from the Premier League after the latest in a series of capitulations saw them return to the Championship with barely a whimper.

The Bluebirds were beaten 3-0 by crisis club Newcastle, a result that saw their brief Premier League stay ended after Sunderland's shock 1-0 win over Manchester United.

It brings to an end a shambolic season on and off the field that has seen the club lurch from one crisis to another after the breakdown in relationship between former boss Malky Mackay and owner Vincent Tan saw the former sacked midway through the season.

Needing a win to have any realistic hope of survival, Cardiff mustered very little in the way of urgency or attacking intent, and no one will argue they deserve anything more than the fate they now have to come to terms with.

A season of despair comes to an end. Most Cardiff fans will be thankful for that

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Steve Tucker

All over. Cardiff City are relegated!

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Steve Tucker

A chip in was nodded down and substitute Steven Taylor forces it home from almost on the line.

It was worked from a short corner. Remy providing the assist.

Cardiff fans respond with a chorus of: “We’ll always be blue!”

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Steve Tucker

3-0. Steven Taylor completes the misery

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Steve Tucker

Not sure how anyone else feels, but it is almost with a sense of relief one faces up to Cardiff’s relegation. It is thoroughly deserved. The Bluebirds have been just about the worst team in the top-flight this season. This game has reflected that dreadful campaign.

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